Spend a day with Woodland Ways foraging through woodlands and hedgerows on the Estate at Waddesdon. Round the day off with a 3-course meal prepared by our chefs at the Manor Restaurant, using ingredients sourced from your forage

Musical elephant

The elephant automaton was one of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild’s most admired treasures. It was mentioned in a local newspaper report of 1889 describing the visit of the Shah of Persia, who asked to see the mechanism perform again and again.